旋 (xuán): to revolve, a loop, a circle
旋 (xuán) is a Chinese character meaning “to revolve.” Classified as HSK Level 6 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 方 (structural). It ranks #1375 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 旋 an army 方 marching under a flag 疋. Its radical form 方 (square) appears in many related characters such as 方 (fāng, square), 旁 (páng, one side), 旅 (lǚ, trip).
Definitions
- to revolve
- a loop
- a circle
Etymology & Origin
ideographicAn army 方 marching under a flag 疋
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 旋
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 旋律 | xuán lǜ | melody |
| 盘旋 | pán xuán | to spiral |
| 螺旋 | luó xuán | spiral |
| 旋风 | xuàn fēng | whirlwind |
| 凯旋 | kǎi xuán | to return in triumph |
| 回旋 | huí xuán | variant of 迴旋|回旋[hui2 xuan2] |
| 周旋 | zhōu xuán | to mix with others |
| 螺旋桨 | luó xuán jiǎng | propeller |
| 主旋律 | zhǔ xuán lǜ | (music) theme |
| 旋转门 | xuán zhuǎn mén | revolving door |
| 旋钮 | xuán niǔ | knob (e.g. handle or radio button) |
| 斡旋 | wò xuán | to mediate (a conflict etc) |
| 旋涡 | xuán wō | spiral |
| 气旋 | qì xuán | cyclone |
| 螺旋体 | luó xuán tǐ | Spirochaetes, phylum of extremophile bacteria |
旋 appears in 100 compound words: 46 as the first character, 18 as the last, and 36 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 旋 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (4)
Showing 3 of 4 idioms containing 旋.
Example Sentences
风车随着风旋转，发出吱呀吱呀的声音。
Fēngchē suízhe fēng xuánzhuǎn, fāchū zhīyā zhīyā de shēngyīn.
The windmill rotates with the wind, making creaking sounds.
...psy共同发明人徐蓁获国际双料殊荣 周凯旋:科技与人性完美结合的技术
. . . p s y gòng tóng fā míng rén xú 蓁 huò guó jì shuāng liào shū róng zhōu kǎi xuán : kē jì yǔ rén xìng wán měi jié gě de jì shù
... Xu Zhen, co-inventor of PSY, won the international double award Zhou Kaixuan: A technology that perfectly combines technology and human nature
徐蓁获国际双料殊荣 周凯旋称Histotripsy是科技与人性完美...
xú 蓁 huò guó jì shuāng liào shū róng zhōu kǎi xuán chèn H i s t o t r i p s y shì kē jì yǔ rén xìng wán měi . . .
Xu Zhen won the international double award Zhou Kaixuan said that Histotripsy is the perfect of technology and human nature...
广角镜/基隆小提灯 飞天马PK旋转木马
guǎng jiǎo jìng jī lóng xiǎo tí dēng fēi tiān mǎ P K xuán zhuǎn mù mǎ
Wide-angle lens/Keelung lantern Flying Pegasus PK carousel
基隆小提灯 飞天马PK旋转木马
jī lóng xiǎo tí dēng fēi tiān mǎ P K xuán zhuǎn mù mǎ
Keelung lantern Flying Pegasus PK carousel
大湾区航空飞往台北航班遇大雾盘旋后折返,航司回应:..
dà wān ōu háng kōng fēi wǎng tái běi háng bān yù dà wù pán xuán hòu shé fǎn , háng sī huí yīng . .
The flight to Taipei of the Greater Bay Area Airline in the fog circled after turning back, the airline company responded:...
种的是风，而收获的是旋风。
Zhǒng de shì fēng, ér shōuhuò de shì xuànfēng.
Sow the wind, reap the whirlwind.
蜗牛壳是螺旋形的.
Wōniúké shì luóxuánxíng de.
A snail's shell is spiral in form.
我想不起那首歌的旋律。
Wǒ xiǎng bù qǐ nà shǒu gē de xuánlǜ.
I can't remember the melody of that song.
地球大约每三百六十五天就会围绕太阳旋转一周。
Dìqiú dàyuē měi sān bǎi liùshí wǔ tiān jiù huì wéirào tàiyang xuánzhuǎn yīzhōu.
The earth makes one revolution around the sun in about 365 days.
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